What is parsecd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Fetches suggestions for Spotlight, Safari, Siri and Look Up searches.
parsecd supports search suggestions: it manages data for Siri Suggestions, Spotlight Suggestions, Safari Suggestions, Look Up and image search. Some of these suggestions come from Apple's servers, so network activity here is normal.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as parsecd
Why is parsecd using so much CPU or memory?
- Typing in Spotlight or Safari's address bar
- Refreshing suggestion data in the background
What to do
- 1Wait; activity is usually brief
- 2Turn off online suggestions you don't want in System Settings > Spotlight and Safari settings
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it; suggestions may be missing briefly.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library